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Martin

proper nouncommon in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˈmɑː.tɪn//
  • //ˈmɑɹ.tn̩//
  • /[ˈmɑɹ.ʔn̩]/

A male given name from Latin originally given in honor of a fourth century soldier-saint.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A male given name from Latin originally given in honor of a fourth century soldier-saint.

    Expect Saint Martin's summer, halcyon days, / Since I have entered into these wars.

    What splendid names for boys there are! / There's Carol like a rolling car, / And Martin like a flying bird,/

    Martin was pretty dull as names went but 'Alex Blake' had a certain dash to it. His publishers hadn't considered Martin's own name to be 'punchy' enough.

  2. 2

    A surname.

    It all started when Nick Farmer bought George R. R. Martin a drink, but the plot really thickened when the linguist met Martin’s then-assistant Ty Franck.

  3. 3

    A surname. A surname originating as a patronymic.

  4. 4

    A surname. An English habitational surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a mere.

  5. 5

    A placename, including: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Marion County, Florida.

  6. 6

    A placename, including: A number of places in the United States: A town in Stephens County and Franklin County, Georgia.

  7. 7

    A placename, including: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Armstrong Township, Vanderburgh County, Indiana.

  8. 8

    A placename, including: A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Floyd County, Kentucky.

  9. 9

    A placename, including: A number of places in the United States: A village in Red River Parish, Louisiana.

  10. 10

    A placename, including: A number of places in the United States: A village in Allegan County, Michigan.

  11. 11

    A placename, including: A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Keith County, Nebraska.

  12. 12

    A placename, including: A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Sheridan County, North Dakota.

  13. 13

    A placename, including: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Clay Township, Ottawa County, Ohio.

  14. 14

    A placename, including: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Allendale County, South Carolina.

  15. 15

    A placename, including: A number of places in the United States: A small city, the county seat of Bennett County, South Dakota.

  16. 16

    A placename, including: A number of places in the United States: A city in Weakley County, Tennessee.

  17. 17

    A placename, including: A number of places in the United States: A ghost town and skiing area in Kittitas County, Washington.

  18. 18

    A placename, including: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Grant County, West Virginia.

  19. 19

    A placename, including: A number of places in the United States: A number of townships, including in Arkansas, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, and North Dakota, listed under Martin Township.

  20. 20

    A placename, including: A village in Saint-Jean-du-Sud commune, Sud department, Haiti.

  21. 21

    A placename, including: A rural municipality in eastern Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Martin No. 122.

  22. 22

    A placename, including: A place in England: A village and civil parish in New Forest district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU0619).

  23. 23

    A placename, including: A place in England: A village in Langdon parish, Dover district, Kent (OS grid ref TR3347).

  24. 24

    A placename, including: A place in England: A small village in Roughton parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref TF2366).

  25. 25

    A placename, including: A place in England: A village and civil parish (served by Martin and Martin Dales Parish Council) in North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref TF1259).

  26. 26

    A placename, including: A village in Našice municipality, Osijek-Baranja, Croatia.

  27. 27

    A placename, including: A city and district in Žilina Region, Slovakia.

  28. 28

    A placename, including: A suburb of Perth in the City of Gosnells, Western Australia.

Etymology

From Middle English Martin, from Latin Mārtīnus (“of or like Mars” or “little Mars”), Mārs, Mārtis + -īnus (diminutive suffix). See Mārs for further etymology.

Forms

plural
Martins
The neighbouring pagesAlphabetical order follows the rules of the language, not byte values: an accent decides only between two otherwise identical words, and Spanish files Ñ as a letter of its own.

Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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